Google has been ordered to remove links to a company by a Canadian court, in
the wake of the 'right to be forgotten' European ruling

Google has been ordered by a Canadian court to remove all links relating to a specific company, in the wake of the European court ruling supporting the 'right to be forgotten'.

Following the recent ruling by the European Union's Court of Justice that individuals should have the right to request links to embarrassing or outdated information about them be taken down, which does not apply to Canada, the search engine has received thousands of applications.

Now a Canadian court has granted an injunction forcing Google to remove links to a company which Equustek Solutions believes ripped off its network device technology and sold it through more than 300 websites in a separate case.

The plaintiffs also claimed the rival company conspired with their former engineering employees and others to design and manufacture a competing product using trade secrets, according to the Supreme Court of British Columbia documents.

Google agreed to remove links to the company through Google.ca voluntarily, but the injunction applies to all of the company's worldwide versions, including .com. The company must remove all links to the site by June 27 due to Canada's Law and Equity Act.

The new ruling raises questions over whether other countries outside of Europe can use the 'right to be forgotten' blueprint to legally enforce the removal of links to unwanted information.

Google recently uploaded a form through which European residents can request the removal of links. Applicants are required to submit a valid form of photo ID, examples of the links to be taken down and the reasons behind why the links should be deleted.